Tonga Stool - (4.2) Homeware Scaling the Peaks

Scaling the Peaks

Care Instructions - Cold Hand Wash

Turned and shaped from a single piece of wood

This design is surrounded in Cowrie shells and thousands of black and white tiny beads with a central cluster of Cowrie beads

in the "Monkey Paradise" pattern (Swamp colourway)

Tonga Stool - (4.2) Homeware Scaling the PeaksHand carved from a single piece of wood, the Tonga stool is a genuine artifact. These stools were status symbols for elders of the nomadic Tonga people of Zimbabwe. They carry significant meaning, for the Tonga people, then and now. Each is carved to incorporate unique lines, shapes, and patterns, making it easy to transport but also breath taking to behold. Traditionally, only the head of the household could own and take his place on a Tonga stool.